Clean marine fuel a step forward
Activists tend to remember landmark victories in the fight against air pollution. But most people would be surprised to hear that it is 25 years since the government took a policy decision which, according to researchers, made a difference to air.
UPDATE 1-Singapore Aug exports fall, but regional trends remain strong
SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Singapores non-oil domestic exports unexpectedly fell in August, pointing to continued difficulties faced by its manufacturers even as the city-states overall trade figures underscored recent signs of improving global.
US approved 52 oil re-export licenses in last 6 months
(New throughout, adds table, details on export destinations) By Selam Gebrekidan NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce approved 52 crude oil re-export licenses in the last six months to destinations other than Canada, the.
The Ongoing Saga 52: News, Updates, Tidbits and Trivia.
However, Holtec is present in countries all over the world, including the UK, Switzerland, Ukraine, US and more: 1) List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks ��� Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Cask System, Amendment No.. SINGAPORE, April 10 (Reuters) ��� Iron ore is veering to a new crisis as prices for future delivery of the commodity slide 30 percent in the space of a month, and its outlook is now more bearish than oil and more dire than ever for��.
China exports just fell of a cliff - Business Insider
It usually reports trade figures in US dollars but, this time, it said that the data was not yet available. There was no explanation of why China did that. Reuters analysts expected exports, as measured in US dollars, to rise 12%��.
Factory activity in China just hit a 1-year low - Business Insider
The weak PMI adds to a growing number of signs that Chinas economy is decelerating more rapidly than most analysts had expected, and perhaps some policymakers as well. March money supply and industrial production��.
Singapores war on deflation hobbled by bubble - Reuters
But the flip side of a weaker currency is the prospect of a sudden spike in domestic interest rates. The benchmark 3-month interbank rate has more than doubled in the past eight months to slightly above 1 percent. If the U.S.��.
Hong Kong falls out of top 30 in annual liveability rankings
Protesters blocked streets in Admiralty, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok, paralysing traffic for more than two months. The ECA research, undertaken during the second half of last year, covers 450 cities around the world. Ten factors - such as health risks, .
The Ongoing Saga 53: News, Updates, Tidbits and Trivia.
SHANGHAI, April 26 (Reuters) ��� Plunging iron ore prices are providing a lifeline for some of Chinas biggest steel mills, but raising the prospect of a rising tide of exports and increased friction with the European Union and countries... CALGARY, Alberta, April 24 (Reuters) ��� TransCanada Corp , whose controversial Keystone XL pipeline project has waited more than six years for U.S. approvals, is asking the Obama administration to approve another pipeline, one that��.
UPDATE 1-Singapores disappointing May exports darken trade outlook
From a year earlier, non-oil exports in May slid 6.6 percent, compared with growth of 0.9 percent forecast in a Reuters poll. Many economists had predicted at the start of the year that a recovery in the United States and European economies would boost.
The US Secretly Signed A Bunch Of Gas Export Deals.
The United States is producing record amounts of natural gas thanks to a drilling boom, and more than a dozen export projects have been proposed. But large domestic. agreement. Freeport has full export approval, but is yet to begin construction.. NS> to sell 1 mtpa of LNG for its planned terminal at Ennorein southern India, a company executive said.. The San Diego-based company expects to win export approval from the U.S. Department of Energy before April.
Why the United States is always the loser in any. - Reuters
The YM Bamboo, a container ship operated by the China Ocean Shipping Company docked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach. Free trade is an American mantra. The Obama. The United States has been in lengthy negotiations with 11 nations around the Pacific Rim, including Australia, Chile, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. After years. Manufacturing generally has higher pay scales than services. Yet as��.
FOREX -Dollar slips vs yen as Tokyo shares slip; Aussie up.
SINGAPORE/TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) ��� The dollar slipped versus the yen at the start of a new quarter on Wednesday, as a soft reading on Japanese business sentiment dented Tokyo shares and helped bolster the safe haven yen.. The better-than-expected China PMI helped lift the Australian dollar and likely triggered some paring back of bullish bets on the U.S. dollar, said Jesper Bargmann, head of trading for Nordea Bank in Singapore. ���Market will have been a��.
Abenomics Vindicated? Still Too Early to Tell - CNBC.com
Strong export numbers from Japan are a hopeful sign for the success of the countrys economic policies but its still early days to say that the countrys export sector has turned a corner, analysts say.. Korea had strong [export] numbers, China had a weak number, so did Taiwan and Singapore, he said.. Data earlier this week, for instance, showed Singapore non-oil domestic exports falling 4.6 percent in May from a year earlier versus a 1 percent fall in April.
WRAPUP 1-Singapore economic prospects brighter, inflation looms
MAS expected to keep appreciating Sing dollar bias in April. By Kevin Lim. SINGAPORE, March 16 (Reuters) - Singapores exports recovered strongly in February, led by electronics and pharmaceuticals, providing an early sign the picture could brighten.
China July Exports Up 14.5% - Business Insider
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinas buoyant exports pushed its trade surplus to a record in July, fuelling optimism global demand will help counter pressure on the domestic economy from a weakening property sector.. Exports were stronger than expected even after pricing in inflated export data in early 2013, when firms falsified invoices to skirt capital curbs. Some analysts attributed the. Policymakers are likely to do more to support the domestic economy. A Reuters poll��.
China, Europe and US business activity disappoints in April
LONDON/SYDNEY/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Business activity weakened in China and Japan in April and growth slowed in Europe and the U.S., suggesting the global economy may be less robust than policymakers are predicting.. 1 economy, suggesting more subdued activity ahead.. Growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector slowed more than expected in April, with factory activity expansion showing the slowest momentum since January, according to Markit.
The Ongoing Saga 44: News, Updates, Tidbits and Trivia.
Reuters News Feed. UPDATE 2-EDF chief says German consumers subsidise French power users Posted:Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:17:33 -0500 * Sees few nuclear export opportunities except to China (Adds comments on nuclear plant life... NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) ��� The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States fell 27 cents in the past three weeks, falling to its lowest level since April 2009, according to the Lundberg survey released Sunday.
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Singapore Q1 growth tops market, rebasing hurts.
In April Singapores non-oil domestic exports rose more than expected, but some economists maintained a cautious view on overseas shipments, given sustained weakness in the electronics sector which is a key link in the global supply chain. Last year.
Money Flowing Through China Is Drying Up Faster Than.
BEIJING (Reuters) - The amount of money flowing into Chinas economy slowed to the lowest level in nearly six years in July, adding to fears that a sustained recovery may be at risk in the second half of the year despite government efforts to shore up. Those steps and other stimulus measures earlier in the year appear to have offset the drag from a weakening property sector and sluggish exports, but analysts say more support may be needed to sustain a recovery.
The Offshoring of Innovation | Economic Policy Institute
Innovation policy, in fact, has not only received attention, but unlike many of the other policy areas, changes have already been adopted through legislation (COMPETES 2007).1</sup> Currently the policy approaches to how offshoring intersects. And the number of triadic patents���those filed in Europe, the United States, and Japan���awarded to Chinese inventors in 2002 was a mere 177 versus more than 18,000 for American and more than 13,000 for Japanese inventors��.
khor reports - palm oil: Palm oil trade and market news.
Palm oil trade and market news (Update 11b): India palm oil imports climb, Indonesia April CPO output up 11pct; El Nino declared by Australia - some analysts raise outlook, Palm oil faces resistance at 2,235 ringgit -technical, Reuters; strong Indonesia biofuel producer sector seek examption from palm oil.. 7 May 2015: Palm oil hits 1-month high after Indonesia signs export levy - Reuters; wheat battle for market share drives US what prices down more than 20% ytd
UPDATE 1-Singapores weak March exports cast pall over outlook
SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) - Singapores exports in March fell more than expected on declines in shipments to the United States and Europe, official data showed on Thursday, clouding the city-states trade outlook. Non-oil domestic exports slid 6.6.
UPDATE 1-Singapores strong March factory output may trigger Q1 GDP upward.
SINGAPORE, April 25 (Reuters) - Singapores first-quarter growth could be revised higher after data on Friday showed unexpectedly strong industrial output in March, double the pace of market expectations. Manufacturing output in March surged 12.1.
UPDATE 1-Singapore April exports better than expected but US, China.
(Adds details, analyst). * April NODX +2.2 pct y/y vs -4.2 pct fcast. * April NODX -8.7 pct m/m sadj vs -13.3 pct fcast. * NODX to Europe +11.4 pct, NODX to U.S., China down. By Jongwoo Cheon. SINGAPORE, May 18 (Reuters) - Singapores annual exports .
The Ongoing Saga 32: News, Updates, Tidbits and Trivia.
. Aug 2014 12:02:17 GMT HONG KONG, Aug 18 (Reuters) ��� A new Chinese petrochemical plant plans to use rising exports of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), part of the shale boom, as a cost-saving feedstock, joining other plants on Chinas east coast.. More than 100 metals, minerals traders have set up in Singapore http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/basicmaterialsNews/~3/jWRaARhga-w/china-metals-idUSL6N0PY2DS20140814. U.N. Security Council to��.
UPDATE 1-Singapore expected to order F-35 fighter jets soon -sources
By John OCallaghan. SINGAPORE, March 14 (Reuters) - Singapore is in the final stages of evaluating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to upgrade its air force, a process U.S. sources say should turn quickly into orders for more than a dozen of the.
UPDATE 1-Singapore Feb exports hit by China slowdown, more policy easing.
SINGAPORE, March 17 (Reuters) - Singapores exports in February fell more than expected as momentum in the global economy remained modest and as a slowdown in China took a heavy toll, adding to expectations that the central bank may ease monetary.